Summary
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey sued Starbucks, alleging its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) hiring policies violate anti-discrimination laws and result in slower service and higher prices.
The lawsuit follows Trump’s executive order banning DEI programs in the federal government and urging the private sector to follow suit.
Starbucks denied the claims, stating its hiring practices are fair and legal.
While customers have complained about price increases and wait times, analysts attribute these issues to inflation and drink customizations rather than hiring policies.
Coffee takes longer to brew if black people make it. This is an UNDENIABLE FACT supported by HARD SCIENCE.
This is insulting.
The racists have been unleashed.
result in slower service and higher prices.
How the fuck is that even relevant?
It’s racism plain and simple. “Brown” people are slow and ‘can’t work good’ or some shit.
It’s very relevant when you’re a racist piece of shit.
one counter would be that minorities and other under-represented groups are far more experienced at dealing with shit from the whiny, entitled, and often hostile,
haterswhite customers, aka ‘karens’, et al, and thus all else being equal–abilities, skills, etc–are the more qualified for the jobs there in the first place.I don’t mind DEI practices as they have been enacted by most companies I’m aware of. They’re meant to make employment decisions more balanced and fair than they have been historically.
That said, one wouldn’t hire a minority because other minorities have more experience or are better at handling complaints. One would ask interview questions or seek references for how individuals applying for positions handle these situations. It’s almost as if people do not automatically have all the same characteristics as the majority, perceive or otherwise, of their group.
The problem is that their propaganda machine news sources tell them that DEI means they will hire the lesser, minority applicant over the much, much better white applicant just because they are a minority. The issue is “perception” (in that their perception has been curated for them). You could get every last one of them (save the truly racist) to agree to a system that could be proven to remove race from an identifiable attribute in hiring, not that this is possible in every situation. Sadly, they have been trained to believe that is not the goal for DEI.
I feel the massive profit margins and serious under staffing might have more effect, but I’m not an idiot like MAGA politicians.
It really pisses me off when the cars are backed up but the person in the drive through still has to spend time doing land acknowledgements for each customer and asking them their preferred pronouns. /s
On the other hand, Trump’s FAA has made airplanes do impromptu land acknowledgements
